He felt that there is a loose balance of good and evil, and that the art of living consists in getting the greatest good out of the greatest evil. (Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis)

He felt that there is a loose balance of good and evil, and that the art of living consists in getting the greatest good out of the greatest evil.

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

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